Petřín Gardens
Petřín Hill is one of the largest urban green areas and its slopes are an oasis of calm in the center of Prague. The Rose Garden, or rosarium, at the top of Petrin Hill, Nebozízek Garden and the Seminary Garden with more than 2,100 fruit trees are particularly magical.
Prague (Day 3) - Malayalam vlog about Prague, the picture perfect city (പ്രാഗ്, ചെക് റിപ്പബ്ലിക്ക്)
Prague, capital city of the Czech Republic. We visited the city for 3 days. It is a beautiful city which I would say must see. The third day, we concluded our trip by visiting Petřín gardens, Petřín Tower and Lennon wall
Prague is home to a number of well-known cultural attractions, many of which survived the violence and destruction of 20th-century Europe. Main attractions include Prague Castle, Charles Bridge, Old Town Square with the Prague astronomical clock, the Jewish Quarter, Petřín hill and Vyšehrad.
1. Petřín Hill is one of the largest urban green areas and its slopes are an oasis of calm in the center of Prague. The Rose Garden, or rosarium, at the top of Petrin Hill, Nebozízek Garden and the Seminary Garden with more than 2,100 fruit trees are particularly magical. A favourite destination for families with children and couples in love. The easiest way to reach the top of the hill is with the funicular.
2. Petřín Lookout Tower, one of the most prominent landmarks of Prague, was built as part of the Jubilee Exhibition in 1891 as a loose copy inspired by the Eiffel Tower (at a ratio of 1:5). It is 63.5 metres high, and 299 steps lead to its peak, which is at the same altitude as the real Eiffel Tower.
3. Lennon wall: After his murder on 8 December 1980, John Lennon became a pacifist hero for many young Czechs. An image of Lennon was painted on a wall in a secluded square opposite the French embassy, along with political graffiti and occasionally Beatles lyrics. Despite repeated coats of whitewash, the secret police never managed to keep it clean for long, and the Lennon Wall became a political focus for Prague youth. Tourists visiting Prague never misses this landmark.
After having ice cream from a famous ice cream place in Prague and some souvenir shopping, we returned to Paris.
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Prague Petrin rockeries
Natural Heritage Petřín rockeries occupies the top section of Petřín Hill slopes near the summit plateau. The territory extends from the top of the Kinsky garden through Petrin sets and Seminary garden to the Strahov monastery.
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Walk down Petřín Hill, Prague
Cutting through the woods, trying to get down Petřín Hill. Trying not to fall on my face. October, 2018
ROESELARE ROULERS Drone 4K Belgium || Belgie Belgique
Roeselare (Roulers in French) is a town in Belgium in the Flemish province of West Flanders. Roeselare has 65,000 citizens.
The name of the city is derived from two Germanic words meaning reed and open space, i.e., a marsh in a forest glade. Roeselare's minor seminary is famous for having hosted the famous Flemish poets Guido Gezelle, Albrecht Rodenbach and missionary Jesuit Constant Lievens. The city is also home to the Rodenbach brewery.
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Ossuary and Tombs (Saint-Joseph-des-Carmes, Paris, France)
Photos and videos are permitted here. Some people were using flash, however, and it was annoying. This place was very dark, so I suppose I understand.
This 17th century Jesuit Catholic church is on Rue Vaugirard in the 6th arrondissement of Paris. The Luxembourg gardens are nearby. The history of this place, which is still a seminary and also houses 30 Muslim clerics who are learning French law and who are not welcome in standard universities here (not just anyone can attend university in France), is very interesting, and an infamous massacre of many priests here took place during the Reign of Terror. About 20 priests survived by hiding in one of the several secret passages. A blood stained wall can be seen by special arrangement -- when tours are being done, sometimes. The crypt and catacombs are also not regularly open. The church has an austere, post-Reformation exterior and was the second church ever in Paris to have a dome. Inside are many Baroque decorations and two altar chapels designed by Bernini. There is a large garden in back which has barely changed since the 17th century. Though private, you can actually get into it quietly with no problem from the day, via a hidden street entrance. I am a private guide and can take you there. Except for Sundays, when most things are closed in Paris, this upscale neighborhood offers excellent shopping and food. The Luxembourg gardens are famous for the Guignol marionette theatre.
The bones and skulls are from the many martyred priests, who went smiling to be hacked to pieces. Most of the skulls show severe trauma. They were killed with swords.
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Over Mt Angel Abbey with an F450
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No Vocation Crisis Just a Response Crisis
A sermon on the Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus where Father preaches on vocations. He gives some common objections he hears from those who think they aren't being called. We can make a significant impact on the world with this. 1 in 5 people are called to religious life of some sort. Pray for vocations from your own family. For more please visit & remember to say a Hail Mary for the priest
We Three Kings! (The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra) Beautiful 4K Music Video!
LYRICS:
We three kings of Orient are
Bearing gifts we traverse afar.
Field and fountain, moor and mountain,
Following yonder star.
O star of wonder, star of night,
Star with royal beauty bright,
Westward leading, still proceeding,
Guide us to thy perfect Light.
Born a king on Bethlehem's plain,
Gold I bring to crown Him again,
King forever, ceasing never
Over us all to reign.
O star of wonder, star of night,
Star with royal beauty bright,
Westward leading, still proceeding,
Guide us to thy perfect Light.
Frankincense to offer have I.
Incense owns a Deity nigh.
Prayer and praising all men raising,
Worship Him, God on high.
O star of wonder, star of night,
Star with royal beauty bright,
Westward leading, still proceeding,
Guide us to thy perfect Light.
Myrrh is mine: it's bitter perfume
Breaths a life of gathering gloom.
Sorrowing, sighing, bleeding dying,
Sealed in the stone-cold tomb.
O star of wonder, star of night,
Star with royal beauty bright,
Westward leading, still proceeding,
Guide us to thy perfect Light.
Glorious now behold Him arise,
King and God and Sacrifice.
Alleluia, alleluia!
Sounds through the earth and skies.
O star of wonder, star of night,
Star with royal beauty bright,
Westward leading, still proceeding,
Guide us to thy perfect Light
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We Three Kings, also known as We Three Kings of Orient Are or The Quest of the Magi, is a Christmas carol that was written by John Henry Hopkins, Jr. in 1857. At the time of composing the carol, Hopkins served as the rector of Christ Episcopal Church in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, and he wrote the carol for a Christmas pageant in New York City. Many versions of this song have been composed and it remains a popular Christmas carol.
At the time he was writing We Three Kings in 1857, John Henry Hopkins, Jr. was serving as the rector of Christ Episcopal Church in Williamsport, Pennsylvania.[4][9]Although he originally worked as a journalist for a New York newspaper and studied to become a lawyer, he chose to join the clergy upon graduating from the University of Vermont. Hopkins studied at the General Theological Seminary in New York City and after graduating and being ordained a deacon in 1850, he became its first music teacher five years later, holding the post until 1857 alongside his ministry in the Episcopal Church.
During his final year of teaching at the seminary, Hopkins wrote We Three Kings for a Christmas pageant held at the college. It was extremely uncommon that Hopkins wrote both the lyrics and music; contemporary carol composers, usually wrote either the lyrics or music but not both. Originally titled Three Kings of Orient, it was sung within his circle of family and friends. Because of the popularity it achieved among them, Hopkins decided to publish the carol in 1862 in his book Carols, Hymns and Songs. It was the first Christmas carol originating from the United States to achieve widespread popularity, as well as the first to be featured in Christmas Carols Old and New, a prestigious[ and influential collection of carols that was published in the United Kingdom. In 1916, the carol was printed in the hymnal for the Episcopal Church; that year's edition was the first to have a separate section for Christmas songs. We Three Kings was also included in the Oxford Book of Carols published in 1928, which praised the song as one of the most successful of modern composed carols.
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Roma HD. Rome in 4 days. Rome en 4 jours. Řím za 4 dny. [cz,en,fr]
[en,fr,cz] Ability to enable information subtitles on the screen bottom right. Possibilité d'activer des informations sous-titres sur le droit de fond d'écran. Možnost zapnout informační titulky na obrazovce vpravo dole.
*** Rome is a city and special comune (named Roma Capitale) in Italy. Rome is the capital of Italy and also of the homonymous province and of the region of Lazio. With 2.8 million residents in 1,285.3 km2 (496.3 sq mi), it is also the country's largest and most populated comune and fourth-most populous city in the European Union by population within city limits. Between 3.2 and 3.8 million people live in the urban area, and 4,194,068 in Rome metropolitan area.The city is one of Europe's and the world's most successful city brands, both in terms of reputation and assets. Its historic centre is listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.
*** Rome est la capitale de l'Italie depuis 1871. Elle se trouve dans la région du Latium, dans le centre du pays. Avec 2 783 300 habitants établis sur 1 285 km² (4 103 250 habitants avec l'agglomération en 2009).Rome est la troisième destination touristique la plus visitée d'Europe derrière Londres et Paris et son centre historique est classé par l'Unesco comme site du patrimoine mondial.
*** Řím se rozkládá na ploše 1285 km2 a leží na sedmi pahorcích -- Aventin, Celio, Esquilin, Kapitol, Palatin, Quirinal a Viminal. Městem protéká řeka Tiber, která ústí do Tyrhenského moře. Počet obyvatel: 4 mil. Podle historických pramenů byl Řím založen v roce 753 př.n.l.. Tento letopočet byl také historiky přijat za tradiční datum založení Říma. První sídla však na pahorcích Kapitol a Palatin vznikla pravděpodobně již v 10. století př.n.l. Později se osady rozšířily i na ostatní pahorky a jejich postupným spojováním začalo vznikat město.
Timeline of Christian missions | Wikipedia audio article
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00:00:12 1 Apostolic Age
00:01:57 2 Early Christianity
00:05:57 3 Era of the seven Ecumenical Councils
00:16:04 4 Middle Ages
00:19:07 5 1000 to 1499
00:27:30 6 1500 to 1600
00:44:58 7 1600 to 1699
01:03:37 8 1700 to 1799
01:26:16 9 1800 to 1849
01:42:16 10 1850 to 1899
01:59:20 11 1900 to 1949
02:11:58 12 1950 to 1999
02:24:01 13 2000 to present
02:26:46 14 Footnotes
02:26:55 15 See also
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This timeline of Christian missions chronicles the global expansion of Christianity through a listing of the most significant missionary outreach events.
From the archives: Massive crowds come see Pope John Paul II celebrate Mass in Central Park
From the CBS News archives, throngs of people turn out to get a glimpse of Pope John Paul II as he celebrates Mass in New York City's Central Park in 1995. CBS News Peter Van Sant reports.
Christ Church Port Sunlight Wirral.
Christ Church Port Sunlight Wirral England. A beautiful church situated on the picturesque estate. Black and White images from the exterior. The music is called Moonrise and available at music://purple-planet.com. All rights remain with their lawful owners and does the copyright to the images.
World Catholic Association for Communication | Wikipedia audio article
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00:02:40 1 Mission
00:03:45 2 History
00:09:14 2.1 Catholics and Cinema
00:33:41 2.2 Catholics and Radio and Television
00:41:30 3 Christian Television weeks
00:43:11 4 Unda's periodicals (1934-2001)
00:44:58 5 General Assemblies of BCIR and Unda
00:48:05 5.1 Catholics and the Press
00:56:52 6 UCIP's periodicals
00:57:40 7 General Assemblies of UCIP
01:00:39 7.1 Catholics in Radio, Television, Cinema and Press working together
01:03:58 7.2 Catholics and Media Education
01:06:49 7.3 Catholics and the Digital World
01:13:12 8 Presidents and secretaries general of OCIC, Unda, UCIP and SIGNIS
01:13:28 8.1 UCIP secretary-generals and presidents 1927-2011
01:15:03 8.2 Unda secretary-generals and presidents 1928-2001
01:17:43 8.3 OCIC secretary-generals and presidents 1928-2001
01:19:23 8.4 SIGNIS secretary-generals and presidents 2001-
01:20:33 9 Structure and activities of SIGNIS
01:21:51 9.1 The Cinema desk
01:25:28 9.2 The TV desk
01:28:03 10 International SIGNIS TV desk seminars of Catholic TV producers
01:30:40 10.1 The Radio desk
01:31:50 10.2 The Journalist desk
01:33:24 10.3 The Media Education desk
01:34:32 10.4 The Digital desk
01:35:29 11 General Assemblies and World Congresses of SIGNIS
01:37:32 12 SIGNIS'periodicals since 2002
01:44:02 13 Members 2017
01:44:12 13.1 SIGNIS in Africa and in the Indian Ocean Islands
01:44:30 13.2 SIGNIS in Asia
01:44:44 13.3 SIGNIS in Europe and the Middle East
01:45:00 13.4 SIGNIS in Latin America and the Caribbean
01:45:16 13.5 SIGNIS in North America
01:45:30 13.6 SIGNIS in the Pacific
01:45:43 13.7 SIGNIS International Members
01:45:57 13.8 SIGNIS Associates
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SIGNIS (official name: World Catholic Association for Communication) is a Roman Catholic lay ecclesial movement for professionals in the communication media, including press, radio, television, cinema, video, media education, internet and new technology. It is a non-profit organization with representation from over 100 countries. It was formed in November 2001 by the merger of International Catholic Organization for Cinema and Audiovisual (OCIC) and International Catholic Association for Radio and Television (Unda). At its World Congress in Quebec in 2017, SIGNIS welcomed also former member organisations of the International Catholic Union of the Press (UCIP).
The word SIGNIS (always in upper case) is a combination of the words SIGN and IGNIS (Latin for fire). It is not an acronym.The Holy See has officially recognized SIGNIS as an International Association of the Faithful, and has included the World Catholic Association for Communication, also known as SIGNIS in its Directory of International Associations of the Faithful, published by the Pontifical Council for the Laity. Before the dissolution of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications, the governing body of SIGNIS included a representative of this pontifical council, another department of the Roman Curia. OCIC, Unda and SIGNIS had also members and consultors in the Pontifical Council of Social Communications. in June 2015 Pope Francis established a new dicastery of the Roman Curia with authority over all communications offices of the Holy See and the Vatican City State, including the Pontifical Council for Social Communications, Holy See Press Office, Vatican Internet Service, Vatican Radio, Vatican Television Center, Osservatore Romano, Vatican Press (it), Photograph Service, and Vatican Publishing House. A representative of this new Secretariat for Communications is part of the governing body of SIGNIS.
SIGNIS has consultative status with UNESCO, the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations, in Geneva and New York City and the Council of Europe.
THE WORLD'S MOST BEAUTIFUL RIVER IN MADRID SPAIN 13
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Catholic higher education | Wikipedia audio article
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Catholic higher education includes universities, colleges, and other institutions of higher education privately run by the Catholic Church, typically by religious institutes. Those tied to the Holy See are specifically called pontifical universities.
By definition, Catholic canon law states that A Catholic school is understood to be one which is under control of the competent ecclesiastical authority or of a public ecclesiastical juridical person, or one which in a written document is acknowledged as Catholic by the ecclesiastical authority (Can. 803). Although some schools are deemed Catholic because of their identity and a great number of students enrolled are Catholics, it is also stipulated in canon law that no school, even if it is in fact Catholic, may bear the title 'Catholic school' except by the consent of the competent ecclesiastical authority (Can. 803 §3).
The Dominican Order was the first order instituted by the Church with an academic mission, founding studia conventualia in every convent of the order, and studia generalia at the early European universities such as the University of Bologna and the University of Paris. In Europe, most universities with medieval history were founded as Catholic. Many of them were rescinded to government authourities in the Modern era. Some, however, remained Catholic, while new ones were established alongside the public ones. The Catholic Church is still the largest non-governmental provider of higher education in the world. Many of them are still internationally competitive. According to the census of the Vatican's Congregation for Catholic Education, the total number of Catholic universities and higher education institutions around the world is 1,358. On the other hand, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops counts it at 1,861. The Catholic religious order with the highest number of universities around the world today is the Society of Jesus with 114.Like other private schools, Catholic universities and colleges are generally nondenominational, in that they accept anyone regardless of religious affiliation, nationality, ethnicity, or civil status, provided the admission or enrollment requirements and legal documents are submitted, and rules and regulations are obeyed for a fruitful life on campus. However, non-Catholics, whether Christian or not, may or may not participate in otherwise required campus activities, particularly those of a religious nature.
Pevnost Hradec Králové
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Moravia | Wikipedia audio article
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Moravia ( maw-RAY-vee-ə, -RAH-, moh-; Czech: Morava; German: Mähren ; Polish: Morawy; Latin: Moravia) is a historical country in the Czech Republic (forming its eastern part) and one of the historical Czech lands, together with Bohemia and Czech Silesia. The medieval and early modern Margraviate of Moravia was a crown land of the Lands of the Bohemian Crown (from 1348 to 1918), an imperial state of the Holy Roman Empire (1004 to 1806), later a crown land of the Austrian Empire (1804 to 1867) and briefly also one of 17 former crown lands of the Cisleithanian part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire from 1867 to 1918. During the early 20th century, Moravia was one of the five lands of Czechoslovakia from 1918 to 1928; it was then merged with Czech Silesia, and eventually dissolved by abolition of the land system in 1949.
Moravia has an area of over 22,000 km2 and about 3 million inhabitants, which is roughly 2/7 or 30% of the whole Czech Republic. The statistics from 1921 states, that the whole area of Moravia including the enclaves in Silesia covers 22,623.41 km2. The people are historically named Moravians, a subgroup of Czechs (as understood by Czechs). The land takes its name from the Morava river, which rises in the northern tip of the region and flows southward to the opposite end, being its major stream. Moravia's largest city and historical capital is Brno. Before being sacked by the Swedish army during the Thirty Years' War, Olomouc was another capital.Though officially abolished by an administrative reform in 1949, Moravia is still commonly acknowledged as a specific land in the Czech Republic. Moravian people are considerably aware of their Moravian identity and there is some rivalry between them and the Czechs from Bohemia.
Eastern Orthodox | Wikipedia audio article
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The Eastern Orthodox Church, officially the Orthodox Catholic Church, is the second-largest Christian church, with approximately 200–260 million members. As one of the oldest religious institutions in the world, the Orthodox Church has played a prominent role in the history and culture of Eastern and Southeastern Europe, the Caucasus, and the Near East. It operates as a communion of autocephalous churches, each governed by its bishops, called a Holy Synod. The church has no central doctrinal or governance authority analogous to the Catholic pope, but the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople is recognised by all as primus inter pares (first among equals) of the bishops.
Eastern Orthodox theology is based on the Nicene Creed, and the church teaches that it is the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic church established by Jesus Christ in his Great Commission, and that its bishops are the successors of Christ's apostles. It maintains that it practices the original Christian faith, passed down by sacred tradition. Its patriarchates, reminiscent of the pentarchy, and autocephalous and autonomous churches reflect a variety of hierarchical organisation. Of its innumerable Sacred Mysteries, it recognises seven major sacraments, of which the Eucharist is the principal one, celebrated liturgically in synaxis. The church teaches that through consecration invoked by a priest the sacrificial bread and wine become the body and blood of Christ. The Virgin Mary is venerated in the Eastern Orthodox Church as the Mother of God, honoured in devotions.
The Eastern Orthodox Church shared communion with the Roman Catholic Church until the East–West Schism in AD 1054, triggered by disputes over doctrine, especially the authority of the Pope. Before the Council of Chalcedon in AD 451, Oriental Orthodox churches also shared in this communion, separating primarily over differences in Christology.
The majority of Eastern Orthodox Christians live in Eastern Europe, Greece, and the Caucasus, with smaller communities in the former Byzantine regions of the eastern Mediterranean, Africa, and to a decreasing degree also in the Middle East due to persecution. There are also many in other parts of the world, formed through diaspora, conversions, and missionary activity.
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Francis Xavier, S.J. (; born Francisco de Jasso y Azpilicueta; Latin Franciscus Xaverius; Basque: Frantzisko Xabierkoa; Spanish: Francisco Javier; 7 April 1506 – 3 December 1552), was a Navarrese Basque Roman Catholic missionary, who was a co-founder of the Society of Jesus.
Born in Javier (Xavier in Navarro-Aragonese or Xabier in Basque), Kingdom of Navarre (in present day Spain), he was a companion of Saint Ignatius of Loyola and one of the first seven Jesuits who took vows of poverty and chastity at Montmartre, Paris, in 1534. He led an extensive mission into Asia, mainly in the Portuguese Empire of the time and was influential in evangelization work, most notably in India. The Goa Inquisition was proposed by St. Francis Xavier. He also was the first Christian missionary to venture into Japan, Borneo, the Maluku Islands, and other areas. In those areas, struggling to learn the local languages and in the face of opposition, he had less success than he had enjoyed in India. Xavier was about to extend his missionary preaching to China when he died on Shangchuan Island.
He was beatified by Pope Paul V on 25 October 1619 and canonized by Pope Gregory XV on 12 March 1622. In 1624 he was made co-patron of Navarre. Known as the Apostle of the Indies and Apostle of Japan, he is considered to be one of the greatest missionaries since Saint Paul. In 1927, Pope Pius XI published the decree Apostolicorum in Missionibus naming Saint Francis Xavier, along with Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, co-patron of all foreign missions. He is now co-patron saint of Navarre with San Fermin. The Day of Navarre (Día de Navarra) in Spain marks the anniversary of Saint Francis Xavier's death, on 3 December 1552.